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Romulus, mythical king of Rome, and its supposed founder, was, according to the legend, suckled with his brother Remus by a she-wolf and reared by a shepherd. They were said to be sons of Mars, and Romulus was taken up to heaven at his death and became the god Quirinus; 753 B.C. is given as the date of Rome's foundation.